This month we thought we
would introduce you to some of the new fiction we have in the Library by reviewing
one each for our 'Book(s) of the Week'.
Treason of Thorns by Laura Weymouth
This was a fantasy tale unlike any I have read up to now. The
author has come up with a unique concept of a love triangle between a girl, a
boy and a magical house. Burleigh House is bound to the King but is decaying and
affecting the countryside around it. Viv’s father tried to unbind it but was
killed for this treason. It is up to Viv and Wyn, her father’s ward, to try and
save the ailing house by trying to find its deeds. The last few chapters were
very scary, full of horror and the tale twisted and turned but the outcome was
believable. I would thoroughly recommend this book especially age 11+ Mrs Godden Night Theatre by Vikram Paralkar
This a
modern Gothic twist for fans of Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein and Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories which casts a
ghostly spell on the reader, appealing to the senses and making you feel
strangely at home on this dusty hill top in remote, rural India. Everything that
seems so alive one moment can be presumed dead the next. The surgeon, Doctor
Saheb, appears to be a straight forward man with a rotten temper and a bitter
edge from a long medical career but he also possesses an untameable drive to
save lives and extraordinary skill with the scalpel. One night fall, everything
he knows and believes comes crashing into question when the dead arrive at his
door.
Night Theatre compellingly
muses on religion, philosophy, truth, medicine, life and death. It was my
perfect autumn read, completely absorbing and totally unique. Recommended for
ages 11+ although it does contain some graphic description of surgeries so Y7s
read with caution!
Ms Johns
